Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Balancing Worship – revised – v4

To love Jesus, fully,
to really love His ministry, His message
We need to see him, as he was,
as he was seen in the world
in His travels in the land.
To see him as homeless,
wandering untethered,
outside the law, as He was,
claiming deity, fulfillment.
Speaking in paradox, in parables
Messianic and servant
pauper and King,
Christ claiming
His holy name.

To see him as holy, divine,
to see him as man, as a carpenter,
as teacher, as prophet,
to see Christ as God.
Complicated beyond our comprehension,
human as the moment in Temple,
tipping the tables of the money-changers,
the moments, the many times.
Reflection, centering, time away,
up on the mountain, by the sea,
communing with God

To worship our brother, our Savior, our King
we must spent time with him,
in Christ’s service
being His hands, His feet,
His pen, writing His words,
to be His voice, in the world,
in the marketplace of ideas.
Spreading justice, His message, His love
reaching out to our brothers, our sisters,
all around this earth.
All of us struggling, hoping
longing for the day, that glorious day
of His coming again.

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edited May 13, 2015
Balancing Worship – Revised – v4

(editing revised version again)
edited November 25, 2014
Balancing Worship – revised – v3
(editing revised version again)
edited June 30, 2014
Balancing Worship – revised – v2
Revised October 23, 2008
Balancing Worship – revised
February 17, 2008
Balancing Worship
Based on Colossians 1:11-20
and the sermon, “Imaging Jesus”,
by the Reverend Lori Eldredge,
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
November 25, 2007

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